Re: [PATCH 0/2] [tip: sched/core] sched: Disable PLACE_LAG and RUN_TO_PARITY and move them to sysctl

[Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>]

On 28/11/2024 11:32, Cristian Prundeanu wrote:

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> On 2024-11-26, Dietmar Eggemann wrote:
> 
>> SUT kernel arm64 (mysql-8.4.0)
>> (2) 6.12.0-rc4                -12.9%
>> (3) 6.12.0-rc4 NO_PLACE_LAG   +6.4%		
>> (4) v6.12-rc4  SCHED_BATCH    +10.8%
> 
> This is very interesting; our setups are close, yet I have not seen any 
> feature or policy combination that performs above the 6.5 CFS baseline.
> I look forward to seeing your results with the repro when it's ready.
> 
> Did you only use NO_PLACE_LAG or was it together with NO_RUN_TO_PARITY?

Only NO_PLACE_LAG.

> Was SCHED_BATCH used with the default feature set (all enabled)?

Yes.

> Which distro/version did you use for the SUT?

The default, Ubuntu 24.04 Arm64 server.

>> Maybe a difference in our test setup can explain the different test results:
>>
>> I use:
>>
>> HammerDB Load Generator <-> MySQL SUT
>> 192 VCPUs               <-> 16 VCPUs
>>
>> Virtual users: 256
>> Warehouse count: 64
>> 3 min rampup
>> 10 min test run time
>> performance data: NOPM (New Operations Per Minute)
>>
>> So I have 256 'connection' tasks running on the 16 SUT VCPUS.
> 
> My setup:
> 
> SUT     - 16 vCPUs, 32 GB RAM
> Loadgen - 64 vCPU, 128 GB RAM (anything large enough to not be a 
>  bottleneck should work)
> 
> Virtual users:  4 x vCPUs = 64
> Warehouses:     24
> Rampup:         5 min
> Test runtime:   20 min x 10 times, each on 4 different SUT/Loadgen pairs
> Value recorded: geometric_mean(NOPM)

Looks like you have 4 times less 'connection' tasks on your 16 VCPUs. So
much less concurrency/preemption ...